Faculty Directory
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Executive and Continuing Education programs are taught by esteemed Harvard faculty and industry experts in health care and related fields.
Harvard Chan Executive and Continuing Education Faculty
Mr. Banks attended Ohio State University majoring in Education and Agricultural and Aeronautical Technologies. He has more than thirty years of experience as a field engineer in ASME N510 testing and consulting for nuclear air and gas treatment systems. He served as site manager and project manager at various nuclear power stations for the startup and acceptance testing programs of the air treatment systems. He performed the first ASME N510-89 acceptance tests invoked by a USA utility. He performed the first AG-1 Acceptance Testing per DOE requirements. He has performed various control room habitability and safe haven studies along with in-leakage…
Dr. Barlow is Well-being Director, Health Care Integration and Performance for the IBM Corporation. She is responsible for the global development and execution of standardized performance measurement and strategies for the content, funding and integration of all clinical care initiatives. These initiatives include disease management, clinical care coordination, behavioral health/employee assistance programs, prescription drug benefit programs, integrated disability management, workers’ compensation, and wellness and health promotion programs. Dr. Barlow attended medical school at Creighton University and completed her residency training in occupational medicine at Johns Hopkins University. She holds Masters’ degrees in business administration and public health and is a…
Mark focuses his practice in the areas of research, advising clients throughout higher education and the health care industry, including pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, hospitals, and universities. He has extensive experience in legal issues related to research with humans and animals, stem cell and genetic research, research grants and contracts, research misconduct, and international research. Mark also frequently advises clients on clinical trials compliance, Medicare reimbursement, False Claims Act issues, and medical privacy. Mark was a partner at Ropes & Gray from 2001-2008, before leaving to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at St. Jude Children's…
Orlando R. Barone is president of Barone Associates, a Pennsylvania-based management consulting firm. He is an Executive MBA Coach and management instructor at The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and graduate instructor in Business Skills at Temple University’s Fox School of Business; he presents on negotiation and safety at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Lonnie has over 25 years experience as an executive coach, negotiation trainer, safety, cybersecurity and change consultant, educator, author, and presenter specializing in interpersonal effectiveness, negotiation, leadership and management development, organizational transformation, performance management, team building, and training design.…
Ms. Baum is retired from the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design as Senior Lecturer, Washington University in St. Louis, and from her responsibilities as founding Principal of the laboratory planning and design firm, Health, Education + Research Associates, Inc. She provided laboratory planning and programming services to the medical and academic communities, science and industry. Her expertise lies in incorporation of life safety, and chemical safety biological and for laboratory design. An architect, author, speaker, and educator on laboratory health and safety, Ms. Baum has focused over 50 years of experience in research and development facilities for medical, academic,…
I have had many leadership roles in my 43 years as a nurse. I currently serve as Professor and Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Simmons College. Prior to coming to Simmons in 1983, I taught at Boston University and Skidmore College.At Simmons, I have been instrumental in building early innovative models of academic practice partnerships locally and then globally. In Boston, the unique model of "hospital as client" with the hospital financing the academic progression of employees in RN-BSN and RN-MSN programs grew from one partnership five years ago to eight partnerships. With foundation funding, she…
Daniel O. Beaudoin is Deputy Director of Operations for the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dan has more than 30 years' experience in building operations, construction, and building automated control systems. He has participated in building construction projects with a total construction value exceeding $100 million and has managed energy conservation projects that include building automated controls conversions, energy management system upgrades, utility service and distribution upgrades, lighting retrofits, retro-commissioning existing buildings, and various mechanical systems upgrades resulting in annual energy savings of over $1.4 Million and greenhouse gas reductions of 14.3%.Daniel holds a master's degree in Facilities…
Dr. Steven M. Becker is professor of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health in the Joint School of Public Health at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He is an internationally recognized expert on radiological/nuclear emergencies, with a special focus on community impacts and resilience; emergency planning, training, preparedness and response; responder concerns and information needs; drill and exercise design; risk communication and emergency messaging; and long-term recovery challenges. Dr. Becker has had extensive on-the-ground field experience at the sites of radiation incidents around the world, including the 1999 nuclear criticality accident in Tokaimura, Japan. He carried out Chernobyl disaster follow-up…
Sean Belka is Senior Vice President, Director of Fidelity Center for Applied Technology (FCAT), a unit of Fidelity Investments, the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans and a leading online brokerage firm. FCAT’s vision is to serve as Fidelity’s idea and innovation catalyst, helping Fidelity’s employees and businesses to imagine and realize the possibilities of emerging technologies and new ideas. Mr. Belka joined Fidelity in 1993 to lead marketing and product development for Fidelity Trust Company. In 1997, he became Senior Vice President of mutual fund customer marketing for…
Dr. Ronald R. Bellamy retired from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in June 2013 with over 40 years’ experience in various technical and management positions of increasing responsibility. He has managed the NRC’s oversight of commercial operating nuclear power plants, decommissioning of nuclear plants as well as materials facilities, and was assigned to the Three Mile Island Unit 2 cleanup for 3 years. He has managed the NRC’s technical programs in the areas of health physics and radiation protection, effluent and environmental monitoring, emergency preparedness, and security and safeguards. He was the primary author of NRC regulatory guidance…